Hat-fastener



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O. N. MULLER- i HAT FASTENER.

No. 552,298. Patentezd Dec. 31, 1895.

ANDREW B.GRM1AM4 PNOTOUTNOYWASNINGTDN. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT QEFICE.

oAR N. MoLLER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAT-=FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,298, dated December 31, 1895. Application filed $eptember 23, 1895. Serial No. 563,458. (No model.)

To allv whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL N. IWIGLLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hat-Pins and Devices for Securing the Same in Hats, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof.

Vhen ladies use hat-pins to secure their hats on their heads, the pin is usually thrust through the hat-band and hat into their hair at random, seldom twice in the same place,

so that after a short time the band and hat have a ragged appearance caused by the numerous pin thrusts.

The object of my invention is to insert a suitable eyelet in the hat and construct the pin of suitable form so that it may be thrust each time through the eyelet and be locked in place, thus avoiding the jagged breaking of the hat and danger of losing the pin.

My invention consists of an eyelet having downwardly projecting peripheral prongs and upwardly-projecting clamping ears between the prongs; also in a hat-pin having a head, a shank, a circular flange around the shank and two or more notches in the periphery of the flange, in combination with an eyelet having a central opening for the pin, two or more downwardly-projecting peripheral prongs for securing the eyelet to the hat, and two or more upwardly and inwardly-projecting peripheral ear-clips, which pass through the notches in the flange of the pin and permit partial rotation of the pin to bring the flange under the ear-clips with the notches out of alignment with the clips, the clips springin g against the flange to hold it from slipping.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View, partly in section on line 1 1 of Fig. 2, of my improved pin and eyelet attached to a hat. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the head of the pin sectioned across the blade, the pin being detached from the eyelet and hat. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, with addition of hat and eyelet, as in Fig. 1. Fig. 4c is a plan view of the eyelet-blank before bending. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the eyelet with the ears turned up and the prongs turned down ready for inserting in the hat. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of Fig. 5. Fig. '7 is a top plan view of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is aside elevation, partlyin section, showing the pin inserted in the eyelet, with a modified form of ear. Fig. 9 is a side elevation, partly in section, taken; at right angles with Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the modified eyelet-blank of Fig. 8. Fig. 11 is a side elevation, and Fig. 12 is an end elevation, of the modified eyelet with the ears turned up and the prongs turned down.

a represents the head and b the blade of a hat-pin, which may be made of any material suitable for such pins, and the head may be of any fancied design. Below the head is a shank I) having a flange c with one or more (preferably two) notches d to allow passage of the ears of the eyelet. The eyelet-blank has a hole f through which the blade of the pin passes, prongs g which are turned down, as in Figs. 5 and 6, to enable it to be inserted in the hat Z, and ears h, which are turned up and over, as in Figs; 5 and 6, to hold the pin in place. hen the eyelet-blank has been bent to the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the prongs g are thrust through the side of the hat-crown at the proper place for the eyelet to receive the pin, and the prongs are then bent back against the inside of the hat-crown, as shown in Fig. 3, thus holding the eyelet securely in place.

The braid or other material of the hat may be cut out within the eyelet or it may be left to be punctured by the pin. If the hole is cut through the hat the blade of the pin may be much more blunt, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, than the sharp-pointed pins ordinarily in use, thereby avoiding the danger which attends the wearing of such sharp-pointed pins. When the pin is to be used for securing the hat on the head of the wearer it is thrust through the eyelet and into the hair, the pin being rotated until the notches (Z in the flange come over the ears h, when the ears will enter the notches and project beyond the flange. By continuing the rotation the flange 0 will slide under the ears, which exert a slight spring-pressure on the flange and prevent the pin from slipping out.

In the modification shown in Figs. 8 to 12 the eyelet is secured to the hat by prongs g, as already described, but the ears it, instead of being bent over to form a clip to hold a flange on the pin, are made a little longer and bent up to form a spring which embraces the head a, making the notched flange unnecessary, so that the l1at-pins in common use may be employed with this form of eyelet.

That I claim as my invention is 1. An eyelet having downwardly projecting peripheral prongs for securing the eyelet to a hat and upwardly projecting peripheral clamping ears between the prongs, substa11- tially as described.

2. A hat pin having ahead, ashank, a 'circular flange around the shank with two or 3 more notches in the periphery of the flange,

in combination with an eyelet having a central opening for the pin, two or more downwardly projecting peripheral prongs for securing the eyelet to the hat, and two or more upwardly and inwardly projecting peripheral ear clips which pass through the notches in the flange of the pin and permit partial rota- -tion of the pin to bring the flange under the ear clips with the notches out of alignment with the clips, the clips springing against the flange to prevent too ready displacement, substantially as described. H

CARL N. MOLLER. Vitnesses:

LAiiRITz N. MoLLER, ANNA B. l-IAMMERICH. 

